Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 40 - All About Atoms - Questions - Page 1246: 1c

Answer

There are 5 subshells.

Work Step by Step

Electron states with the same values of quantum numbers $n$ and $l$ form a subshell. For any value of $n$, the values of $l$ can be $l = 0, 1, 2,...,(n-1)$ When $n=5$, then the values of $l$ can be $l = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4$ There are 5 subshells.
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